Name |
Description/focus |
Date launched |
Registered users |
Registration |
Global Alexa[1] page ranking |
43 Things |
Goal setting and achievement |
000000002005-01-01-00001 January 2005 |
7006300000000000000♠3,000,000[2] |
Closed |
7004129140000000000♠12,914[3] |
Academia.edu |
Social networking site for academics/researchers |
000000002008-09-01-0000September 2008 |
7007180000000000000♠18,000,000[4] |
Open |
7002824000000000000♠824[5] |
About.me |
Social networking site |
000000002009-10-01-0000October 2009 |
7006500000000000000♠5,000,000[6] |
Open |
7003144700000000000♠1,447 |
Advogato |
Free and open source software developers |
000000001999-01-01-00001999 |
7004135750000000000♠13,575[7] |
Open |
7005292620000000000♠292,620[8] |
aNobii |
Books |
000000002006-01-01-00002006 |
|
Open |
7004269390000000000♠26,939[9] |
AsianAvenue |
A social network for the Asian American community |
000000001997-01-01-00001997 |
|
Open |
7005170384000000000♠170,384[10] |
aSmallWorld |
European jet set and social elite world-wide |
000000002004-03-01-0000March 2004 |
7005550000000000000♠550,000[11] |
Invite-only |
7005580060000000000♠580,060[12] |
Athlinks |
Running, swimming |
000000002001-01-01-00002001 |
7005139458000000000♠139,458[13] |
Open |
7004691700000000000♠69,170[14] |
Audimated.com |
Independent music |
000000002010-01-01-00002010 |
|
Open |
7005656507000000000♠656,507[15] |
Bebo |
General |
000000002005-07-01-0000July 2005 |
7008117000000000000♠117,000,000[16] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7003416900000000000♠4,169[17] |
Biip.no |
Norwegian community |
000000002005-06-01-00001 June 2005 |
7005430000000000000♠430,000[18] |
Requires Norwegian phone number |
7004819160000000000♠81,916[19] |
BlackPlanet |
Black Americans |
000000001999-09-01-00001 September 1999 |
7007200000000000000♠20,000,000[20] |
Open |
7003719300000000000♠7,193[21] |
Bolt.com |
General |
000000001996-01-01-00001996 |
|
Open |
7005589595000000000♠589,595[22] |
Busuu |
Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) |
000000002008-05-16-000016 May 2008 |
7007120000000000000♠12,000,000[23] |
Open |
7003497600000000000♠4,976[24] |
Buzznet |
Music and pop-culture |
000000002005-01-01-00002005 |
7007100000000000000♠10,000,000[25] |
Open |
7003695500000000000♠6,955[26] |
CafeMom |
Mothers |
000000002006-12-01-0000December 2006 |
7006125000000000000♠1,250,000[27] |
Open to moms and moms-to-be |
7003129300000000000♠1,293[28] |
Care2 |
Green living and social activism |
000000001998-01-01-00001998 |
7006996194700000000♠9,961,947[29] |
Open |
7003193000000000000♠1,930[30] |
CaringBridge |
Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[31] |
000000001997-01-01-00001997 |
7006950000000000000♠9,500,000[32] |
Open to people 18 and older[33] |
7003427900000000000♠4,279[34] |
Classmates.com |
School, college, work and the military |
000000001995-01-01-00001995 |
7007500000000000000♠50,000,000[35] |
Open to people 18 and older[36] |
7003328400000000000♠3,284[37] |
Cloob |
General. Popular in Iran |
000000002004-01-01-00002004 |
|
Open |
7002749000000000000♠749[38] |
ClusterFlunk |
American network for students to share files with their peers |
000000002012-01-01-00002012 |
|
|
7005545917000000000♠545,917[39] |
CouchSurfing |
Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit. |
000000002003-01-01-00002003 |
7006296742100000000♠2,967,421[40] |
Open |
7003223100000000000♠2,231[41] |
CozyCot |
East Asian and Southeast Asian women |
000000002001-01-01-00002001 |
7005150000000000000♠150,000[42] |
Open |
7004369590000000000♠36,959[43] |
Cross.tv |
Faith-based social network for Christian believers from around the world |
000000002008-01-01-00002008 |
7005450000000000000♠450,000[44] |
Open |
7004533940000000000♠53,394[45] |
Crunchyroll |
Anime and forums. |
000000002006-01-01-00002006 |
|
Open |
7003572100000000000♠5,721[46] |
Cucumbertown |
Networking for cooks |
000000002012-01-01-00002012 |
|
Open |
7005175796000000000♠175,796[47] |
Cyworld |
General. Popular in South Korea. |
000000001999-01-01-00001999 |
7007240000000000000♠24,000,000[48] |
Open |
7003161600000000000♠1,616[49] |
DailyBooth |
Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo every day |
000000002009-02-13-000013 February 2009 |
|
Closed |
7003596300000000000♠5,963[50] |
DailyStrength |
Medical & emotional support community - physical health, mental health, support groups |
000000002007-11-04-00004 November 2007 |
|
Open |
7004105110000000000♠10,511[51] |
delicious |
Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests |
000000002003-09-01-0000September 2003 |
7006882292100000000♠8,822,921[52] |
Open |
7002436000000000000♠436[53] |
DeviantArt |
Art community |
000000002000-08-07-00007 August 2000 |
7007260000000000000♠26,000,000[54] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7002131000000000000♠131[55] |
Diaspora* |
Decentralized, privacy aware, general (open source) |
000000002010-11-01-0000November 2010 |
7005370000000000000♠370,000+[n 1][56] |
Open |
7004367920000000000♠36,792[n 2][57] |
Disaboom |
People with disabilities (amputees, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities) |
000000002007-01-01-00002007 |
|
Open |
7005218135000000000♠218,135[58] |
Dol2day |
Politic community, social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) |
000000002000-05-15-000015 May 2000 |
7004402000000000000♠40,200[59] |
Open |
7005385237000000000♠385,237[60] |
DontStayIn |
Clubbing (primarily UK) |
000000002003-04-01-0000April 2003 |
|
Open |
7004865350000000000♠86,535[61] |
Draugiem.lv |
General (primarily LV, LT, HU) |
000000002004-04-24-0000April 24, 2004 |
7006260046600000000♠2,600,466[62] |
Invitation only |
7003269800000000000♠2,698[63] |
douban |
Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. |
000000002005-01-01-00002005 |
7007468500000000000♠46,850,000[64] |
Open |
7002106000000000000♠106[65] |
Doximity |
U.S. Physicians and medical doctors. |
000000002011-01-01-00002011 |
7005400000000000000♠400,000[66] |
U.S. physicians only |
7004275390000000000♠27,539[67] |
Dreamwidth |
Blogging. |
000000002009-01-01-00002009 |
|
Open |
7003638400000000000♠6,384[68] |
DXY.cn |
Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities |
000000002000-01-01-00002000[69] |
7006200000000000000♠2,000,000[70] |
Open |
7003836700000000000♠8,367[71] |
Elftown |
Community and wiki around fantasy and sci-fi. |
000000002002-02-01-0000Feb 2002 |
7005185000000000000♠185,000[72] |
Open, approval needed |
7004432770000000000♠43,277[73] |
Ello |
General |
000000002014-03-01-0000March 2014[74][75] |
|
Invite only while in beta |
7005106782000000000♠106,782[76] |
Elixio |
Business executives jet set and global elite. |
000000002007-07-01-0000July 2007 |
7004800000000000000♠80,000[77] |
Invite-only |
7005545268000000000♠545,268[78] |
English, baby! |
Students and teachers of English as a second language |
000000002000-01-01-00002000 |
7006160000000000000♠1,600,000[79] |
Open |
7004295850000000000♠29,585[80] |
Epernicus |
For research scientists |
|
|
Open |
7005798086000000000♠798,086[81] |
Eons.com |
For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond. |
000000002006-07-01-0000Jul 2006 |
|
Open to people age 40 years and older |
7004737670000000000♠73,767[82] |
eToro |
Social investing, finance |
000000002007-05-01-0000May 2007 |
7006250000000000000♠2,500,000 |
Open |
7003159100000000000♠1,591[83] |
Experience Project |
Life experiences |
000000002007-01-01-00002007 |
|
Open |
7003265800000000000♠2,658[84] |
Exploroo |
Travel social networking. |
000000002009-05-12-000012 May 2009 |
|
Open |
7005163545000000000♠163,545[85] |
Facebook |
General: photos, videos, blogs, apps. |
000000002004-02-01-0000February 2004 |
7009128000000000000♠1,280,000,000[86] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7000200000000000000♠2[87] |
Faceparty |
General. Popular UK. |
000000002000-01-01-00002000 |
7005200000000000000♠200,000[88] |
Invitation only to people 18 and older |
7005163639000000000♠163,639[89] |
Fetlife |
People who are into BDSM |
000000002008-01-01-0000January 2008 |
7006270171500000000♠2,701,715[90] |
Open to people "of legal age to see adult content" |
7003413100000000000♠4,131[91] |
FilmAffinity |
Movies and TV series |
000000002002-01-01-00002002 |
7005250000000000000♠250,000[92] |
Open |
7003315100000000000♠3,151[93] |
Filmow |
Movies and TV series |
000000002009-01-01-00002009 |
|
Open |
7004446300000000000♠44,630[94] |
FledgeWing |
Entrepreneurial community targeted towards worldwide university students |
000000002009-02-01-0000Feb 2009 |
|
Open to university students |
7005696513000000000♠696,513[95] |
Flixster |
Movies |
000000002007-01-01-00002007 |
7007630000000000000♠63,000,000[96] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7003401200000000000♠4,012[97] |
Flickr |
Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide |
000000002004-02-01-0000February 2004 |
7007320000000000000♠32,000,000[98] |
Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login) |
7001480000000000000♠48[99] |
Focus.com |
Business-to-business, worldwide |
000000002005-01-01-00002005 |
7005850000000000000♠850,000[100] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7004121140000000000♠12,114[101] |
Fotki |
Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration. |
000000001998-10-01-0000October 1998 |
7006163256500000000♠1,632,565 |
Open |
7003801100000000000♠8,011[102] |
Fotolog |
Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain |
000000002002-01-01-00002002 |
7007200000000000000♠20,000,000[103] |
Open |
7003316800000000000♠3,168[104] |
Foursquare |
Location based mobile social network |
000000002009-01-01-00002009 |
7007200000000000000♠20,000,000[105] |
Open |
7002817000000000000♠817[106] |
Friendica |
Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general |
000000002010-07-01-0000July 2010 |
|
Open |
7005354946000000000♠354,946[107][n 2] |
Friends Reunited |
UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets |
000000002000-07-01-0000July 2000 |
7007190000000000000♠19,000,000[108] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7004292390000000000♠29,239[109] |
Friendster |
General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world |
000000002002-01-01-00002002 |
7007900000000000000♠90,000,000[110] |
Open to people 16 and older. |
7004121670000000000♠12,167[111] |
Fuelmyblog |
Blogging community |
000000002007-07-01-0000July 2007 |
7004500000000000000♠50,000[112] |
Open |
7004855470000000000♠85,547[113] |
Gaia Online |
Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. |
|
7007235236630000000♠23,523,663[114] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7003627700000000000♠6,277[115] |
GamerDNA |
Computer and video games |
000000002006-09-21-000021 September 2006 |
7005310000000000000♠310,000[116] |
Open |
7004597300000000000♠59,730[117] |
Gapyear.com |
Travel social network |
000000001998-07-01-0000July 1998 |
|
Open |
7004747630000000000♠74,763[118] |
Gather.com |
Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions |
000000002005-02-25-000025 Feb 2005 |
7005465000000000000♠465,000[119] |
Open |
7003306200000000000♠3,062[120] |
Gays.com |
Social network for LGBT community, guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping |
000000002008-05-16-000016 May 2008 |
7005100000000000000♠100,000[121] |
Open, global |
7005224302000000000♠224,302[122] |
Geni.com |
Families, genealogy |
000000002007-01-16-000016 January 2007 |
7007150000000000000♠15,000,000[123] |
Open |
7003595800000000000♠5,958[124] |
Gentlemint |
Community for sharing and discussing all things manly |
000000002011-11-25-000025 November 2011 |
|
Open |
7005100196000000000♠100,196[125] |
GetGlue |
Social network for entertainment. |
000000002008-10-28-000028 October 2008 |
7006200000000000000♠2,000,000[126] |
Open |
7003373500000000000♠3,735[127] |
GirlsAskGuys |
Community where people help each other by sharing their experiences & opinions. |
000000002007-06-01-0000June 2007 |
7005450000000000000♠450,000[128] |
Open |
7003479800000000000♠4,798[129] |
Gogoyoko |
Fair play in music - social networking site for musicians and music lovers. |
000000002009-10-01-00001 Oct 2009 |
|
Invite only while in beta |
7005145552000000000♠145,552[130] |
Goodreads |
Library cataloging, book lovers. |
000000002006-12-01-0000December 2006 |
7007130000000000000♠13,000,000[131] |
Open |
7002327000000000000♠327[132] |
Goodwizz |
Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France. |
000000002010-10-01-0000October 2010 |
7005110000000000000♠110,000[133][134] |
Open |
7005597008000000000♠597,008[135] |
Google+ |
General |
000000002011-06-28-000028 June 2011 |
7009160000000000000♠1,600,000,000[136] |
Open to people 13 and older [137] |
NA[n 3] |
GovLoop |
For people in and around government. |
000000002008-05-01-0000May 2008 |
|
|
7005138576000000000♠138,576[138] |
Grono.net |
Poland |
|
7006200000000000000♠2,000,000 |
Open |
7005395036000000000♠395,036[139] |
Habbo |
General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. |
000000002000-08-01-0000August 2000 |
7008268000000000000♠268,000,000[140][141][142] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7004152550000000000♠15,255[143] |
hi5 |
General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the USA. |
000000002003-01-01-00002003 |
7007800000000000000♠80,000,000[144] |
Open to people 13 and older. |
7002902000000000000♠902[145] |
Hospitality Club |
Hospitality |
|
7005328629000000000♠328,629[146] |
Open |
7004995620000000000♠99,562[147] |
Hotlist |
Geo-social aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users' friends are, were, and will be. |
|
7004800000000000000♠80,000[148] |
Open |
7005155811000000000♠155,811[149] |
HR.com |
Social networking site for human resources professionals. |
000000001999-01-01-00001999 |
7005194000000000000♠194,000[150] |
Open |
7004795910000000000♠79,591[151] |
Hub Culture |
Global influencers focused on worth creation. |
000000002002-11-01-0000November 2002 |
7004200000000000000♠20,000[152] |
Invite-only |
7005152756000000000♠152,756[153] |
Ibibo |
Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India. |
|
7006350000000000000♠3,500,000[154] |
Open |
7003114300000000000♠1,143[155] |
Identi.ca |
Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates. |
|
7005395695000000000♠395,695 |
Open |
7003729000000000000♠7,290[156] |
Indaba Music |
Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. |
|
7005350000000000000♠350,000[157] |
Open, global |
7004450390000000000♠45,039[158] |
Influenster |
Online product sampling and review platform. |
000000002010-01-01-00002010 |
7005850000000000000♠850,000[159] |
Open, global |
7003861200000000000♠8,612[160] |
Instagram |
A photo and video sharing site. |
000000002010-10-01-0000October 2010 |
7008300000000000000♠300,000,000[161] |
Open to anyone 13 or older |
7001410000000000000♠41 |
IRC-Galleria |
Finland |
|
7005505000000000000♠505,000[162] |
Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older |
7004369820000000000♠36,982[163] |
italki.com |
Language learning social network. 100+ languages. |
|
7005500000000000000♠500,000[164] |
Open, global |
7004189560000000000♠18,956[165] |
Itsmy |
Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows |
|
7006250000000000000♠2,500,000[166] |
|
7005770100000000000♠770,100[167] |
iWiW |
Hungary |
000000002002-04-14-000014 April 2002 |
7006400000000000000♠4,000,000[168] |
Invite-only |
7003383100000000000♠3,831[169] |
Jaiku |
General. Microblogging. Owned by Google |
000000002006-02-01-0000February 2006 |
|
Open to people 13 and older |
7004629100000000000♠62,910[170] |
Jiepang |
Location-based mobile social network. In Chinese language |
000000002010-01-01-00002010 |
7006300000000000000♠3,000,000[171] |
Open |
7004147900000000000♠14,790[172] |
Kaixin001 |
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users |
|
|
Open to the general public |
7002284000000000000♠284[173] |
Kiwibox |
General. |
000000001999-01-01-00001999 |
7006240000000000000♠2,400,000[174] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7005104563000000000♠104,563[175] |
Lafango |
Talent-focused media sharing site |
|
|
Open, global |
7005161778000000000♠161,778[176] |
LaiBhaari |
Marathi social networking |
000000002010-01-01-00002010 |
7005250000000000000♠250,000 |
Open |
7005952782000000000♠952,782[177] |
Last.fm |
Music |
000000002002-01-01-00002002 |
7007300000000000000♠30,000,000[178] |
Open |
7002772000000000000♠772[179] |
Late Night Shots |
Message boards, member profile pages, spotting other members |
000000002006-01-01-00002006 |
7004200000000000000♠20,000 (2008)[180] |
Invite-only |
228888[181] |
LibraryThing |
Book lovers |
000000002005-08-29-000029 August 2005 |
7006130000000000000♠1,300,000[182] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7004108000000000000♠10,800[183] |
Lifeknot |
Shared interests, hobbies |
|
|
Open to people 18 and older |
7006107168600000000♠1,071,686[184] |
LinkedIn |
Business and professional networking |
000000002003-05-01-0000May 2003 |
7008200000000000000♠200,000,000[185] |
Open to people 18 and older |
7001120000000000000♠12[186] |
LinkExpats |
Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries. |
|
|
Open, global |
7005800451000000000♠800,451[187] |
Listography |
Lists. Autobiography |
|
|
Open |
7004925250000000000♠92,525[188] |
LiveJournal |
Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. |
000000001999-04-15-000015 April 1999 |
7007175649770000000♠17,564,977[189] |
Open (OpenID) |
7002115000000000000♠115[190] |
Livemocha |
Online language learning |
|
7006500000000000000♠5,000,000[191] |
Open |
7003410000000000000♠4,100[192] |
Makeoutclub |
General |
000000001999-08-09-00009 August 1999 |
|
Open |
7005756300000000000♠756,300[193] |
MEETin |
General |
|
|
Open |
7005318979000000000♠318,979[194] |
Meetup (website) |
General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities |
|
|
Open to people 18 and older |
7002481000000000000♠481[195] |
Meettheboss |
Business and finance community, worldwide. |
|
|
Open |
7005315513000000000♠315,513[196] |
MillatFacebook |
General, created in response to Facebook [197] |
000000002010-05-01-0000May 2010 |
7005461200000000000♠461,200[198] |
Open |
7005236663000000000♠236,663[199] |
mixi |
Japan |
000000002000-10-25-000025 October 2000 |
7007243231600000000♠24,323,160[200] |
Open |
7002232000000000000♠232[201] |
MocoSpace |
Mobile community, worldwide |
000000002005-01-01-00002005 |
7006300000000000000♠3,000,000[202] |
Open to people 14 and older |
7003988200000000000♠9,882[203] |
MOG |
Music |
|
|
Open to people 14 and older |
7004139550000000000♠13,955[204] |
MouthShut.com |
Social network, social media, consumer reviews |
|
|
Open |
7003334000000000000♠3,340[205] |
Mubi |
Auteur cinema |
|
7005200000000000000♠200,000 |
Open |
7004182250000000000♠18,225[206] |
MyHeritage |
Family-oriented social network service |
|
7007300000000000000♠30,000,000 [207] |
Open |
7003375600000000000♠3,756[208] |
MyLife |
Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) |
|
7007510000000000000♠51,000,000[209] |
Open |
7003176500000000000♠1,765[210] |
My Opera |
Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends, Opera Link and Opera Unite. Global |
|
7006730000000000000♠7,300,000[211] |
Closed |
NA[n 3] |
Myspace |
General |
000000002003-08-01-0000August 2003 |
7007300000000000000♠30,000,000+[212][213] |
Open to ages 13 and older. |
7002161000000000000♠161[214] |
Nasza-klasa.pl |
School, college and friends. Popular in Poland |
|
7007110000000000000♠11,000,000[215] |
Open |
7004751450000000000♠75,145[216] |
Netlog |
General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab world and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[217] |
|
7007950000000000000♠95,000,000[218] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7002545000000000000♠545[219] |
Nexopia |
Canada |
|
7006140000000000000♠1,400,000[220] |
Open to people 13 and older [221] |
7004252410000000000♠25,241[222] |
NGO Post |
Non-profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India |
|
7004150000000000000♠15,000[223] |
Open |
7004420760000000000♠42,076[224] |
Ning |
Users create their own social websites and social networks |
000000002005-01-01-00002005 (Networks 2007) |
|
Open to people 13 and older |
7002378000000000000♠378[225] |
Odnoklassniki |
Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics |
|
7007450000000000000♠45,000,000[226] |
Open |
7001650000000000000♠65[227] |
Open Diary |
First online blogging community, founded in 1998 |
000000001998-01-01-00001998 |
7006500000000000000♠5,000,000[228] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7004281340000000000♠28,134[229] |
Orkut |
General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[230] |
000000002004-01-22-000022 January 2004 |
7008100000000000000♠100,000,000[231] |
Closed |
7002319000000000000♠319[232] |
OUTeverywhere |
Gay/LGBTQ community |
|
|
Open |
7005445440000000000♠445,440[233] |
PatientsLikeMe |
Online community for patients with life-changing illnesses to find other patients like them, share their data with others, and learn more about their condition to improve their outcome. |
000000002006-01-01-00002006 |
7005109587000000000♠109,587[234] |
Open to people 13 years and up |
7004695140000000000♠69,514[235] |
Partyflock |
Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music. |
000000002001-11-10-000010 November 2001 |
7005321125000000000♠321,125 |
Open to people 18 years and up |
7004168280000000000♠16,828[236] |
Pingsta |
Collaborative platform for the world's internetwork experts |
|
|
Invite-only, only Internet experts |
7006253364000000000♠2,533,640[237] |
Pinterest |
Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love |
000000002011-01-01-00002011 |
|
Open |
7001380000000000000♠38[238] |
Plaxo |
Aggregator |
|
7007500000000000000♠50,000,000[239] |
Open |
7003531000000000000♠5,310[240] |
Playfire |
Computer and video games |
|
|
Open to people 13 and older |
7004382590000000000♠38,259[241] |
Playlist.com |
General, music |
|
|
Open to people over 13 |
7003802600000000000♠8,026[242] |
Plurk |
Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan |
|
|
Open |
7003199100000000000♠1,991[243] |
Poolwo |
Social networking site from India |
000000002014-01-07-00007 January 2014 |
7004123500000000000♠12,350[244] |
Open |
7005764227000000000♠764,227[245] |
Qapacity |
A business-oriented social networking site and a business directory |
|
|
Closed |
7004206400000000000♠20,640[246] |
Quechup |
General, friendship, dating |
000000002007-01-01-00002007 |
|
Open to those over 16 |
7004829140000000000♠82,914[247] |
Qzone |
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users |
|
7008480000000000000♠480,000,000[248][249] |
Open to the general public |
NA[n 3] |
Raptr |
Video games |
|
|
Open |
7004256640000000000♠25,664[250] |
Ravelry |
Knitting and crochet |
|
7006300000000000000♠3,000,000[251] |
Open |
7003233400000000000♠2,334[252] |
Renren |
Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. |
|
7008160000000000000♠160,000,000[253] |
Open |
7001950000000000000♠95[254] |
ReverbNation.com |
Social network for musician and bands |
|
7005500000000000000♠500,000[255] |
Open to people 16 and older |
7003180600000000000♠1,806[256] |
Ryze |
Business |
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7005500000000000000♠500,000[257] |
Closed |
7004713240000000000♠71,324[258] |
ScienceStage |
Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists |
|
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Open |
7004616680000000000♠61,668[259] |
Sgrouples |
General, with focus on privacy rights |
000000002012-05-16-000016 May 2012 |
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Open |
7005258091000000000♠258,091[260] |
ShareTheMusic |
Music community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally |
|
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Open |
7005612429000000000♠612,429[261] |
Shelfari |
Books |
000000002006-10-11-000011 October 2006 |
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Open |
7004181520000000000♠18,152[262] |
Sina Weibo |
Social microblogging site in mainland China. |
000000002009-08-14-000014 August 2009 |
7008300000000000000♠300,000,000[263] |
Open |
7001280000000000000♠28[264] |
Skoob |
Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers |
000000002009-01-01-00002009 |
7005420000000000000♠420,000[265] |
Open |
7004284490000000000♠28,449[266] |
Skyrock |
Social network in French-speaking world |
|
7007220000000000000♠22,000,000[267] |
Open |
7002710000000000000♠710[268] |
Smartican |
Open social networking portal |
000000002013-01-31-000031 January 2013 |
7005260000000000000♠260,000[269] |
Open |
7004264580000000000♠26,458[270] |
SocialVibe |
Social network for charity |
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7005435000000000000♠435,000 |
Open |
7005101364000000000♠101,364[271] |
Sonico.com |
General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. |
|
7007500000000000000♠50,000,000[272][273] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7003267600000000000♠2,676[274] |
SoundCloud |
Repository of original music pieces and networking. |
|
7007100000000000000♠10,000,000[275] |
Open |
7002299000000000000♠299[276] |
Spaces |
Russian social network targeted to mobile phone users |
|
|
Open |
7003995300000000000♠9,953[277] |
Spot.IM |
A service for webmasters to add social networking functionality to their websites |
000000002012-01-01-00002012 |
7005250000000000000♠250,000[278] |
Open |
7004680160000000000♠68,016[279] |
Spring.me |
Social network for meeting people |
000000002013-09-01-0000September 2013 |
|
Open to people 13 and older |
7003496700000000000♠4,967[280] |
Stage 32 |
US-based social network and educational site for creative professionals in film, television and theater |
000000002012-02-01-0000February 2012 |
7005175000000000000♠175,000 |
|
7004353820000000000♠35,382[281] |
Stickam |
Live video streaming and chat. |
|
7006900000000000000♠9,000,000[282] |
Closed |
7003920100000000000♠9,201[283] |
Streetlife |
UK based. Links members according to where they live |
21 March 2011 |
1,000,000 [284] |
Open |
18,757 [285] |
StudiVZ |
University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites schülerVZ and meinVZ. |
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7007170000000000000♠17,000,000[286] |
Open |
7003708000000000000♠7,080[287] |
Students Circle Network |
A social network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources, study groups and learning spaces. |
000000002010-12-01-0000December 2010 |
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Open |
7005345110000000000♠345,110[288] |
StumbleUpon |
Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests |
|
7007200000000000000♠20,000,000[289] |
Open |
7002146000000000000♠146[290] |
Tagged |
General. |
000000002004-10-01-0000October 2004 |
7008100000000000000♠100,000,000[291] |
Open |
7002288000000000000♠288[292] |
Talkbiznow |
Business networking |
|
|
Open |
7005136346000000000♠136,346[293] |
Taltopia |
Online artistic community |
|
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Open |
7005281501000000000♠281,501[294] |
Taringa! |
General (primarily Argentina) |
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7007110000000000000♠11,000,000[295] |
Open to people 13 and older |
7002214000000000000♠214[296] |
TeachStreet |
Education / learning / teaching - more than 400 subjects |
|
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Open |
7005422704000000000♠422,704[297] |
TermWiki |
Learning / languages / translation - 1.2 million terms in more than 1300 subjects |
000000002010-05-01-0000May 2010 |
|
Open |
7004229970000000000♠22,997[298] |
The Sphere |
A private online social luxury network with exclusive personalized services |
000000002008-12-01-0000December 2008 |
7003130000000000000♠1,300[299] |
Invite-only |
7006111530500000000♠1,115,305[300] |
TravBuddy.com |
Travel |
000000002005-01-01-00002005 |
7006158800000000000♠1,588,000[301] |
Open to people 18 and older |
7004215230000000000♠21,523[302] |
Travellerspoint |
Travel |
000000002002-01-01-00002002 |
7005310000000000000♠310,000[303] |
Open |
7004152750000000000♠15,275[304] |
Tsu |
General |
000000002008-01-01-00002008 |
|
Open |
7003523000000000000♠5,230[305] |
tribe.net |
General |
|
|
Open |
7003808100000000000♠8,081[306] |
Trombi.com |
French subsidiary of Classmates.com |
|
7006440000000000000♠4,400,000[307] |
|
7004162270000000000♠16,227[308] |
Tuenti |
Spanish-based university and high school social network. |
|
7007120000000000000♠12,000,000[309] |
Open |
7004164840000000000♠16,484[310] |
Tumblr |
Microblogging platform and social networking website. |
000000002007-02-01-0000February 2007 |
7008226950000000000♠226,950,000[311] |
Open |
7001410000000000000♠41[312] |
Twitter |
General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates |
000000002006-07-15-000015 July 2006 |
7008645750000000000♠645,750,000[313] |
Open to all ages [314] |
7000800000000000000♠8[315] |
Tylted |
Mobile social game network[316] |
000000002007-01-01-00002007 |
7006300000000000000♠3,000,000[317] |
Open to people 14 and older |
7005737508000000000♠737,508[318] |
Uplike |
General |
000000002011-01-01-00002011 |
7006105003900000000♠1,050,039[319] |
Open |
7002288000000000000♠288[320] |
VK |
General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. |
000000002006-09-01-0000September 2006 |
7008249409900000000♠249,409,900[321] |
Open |
7001380000000000000♠38[322] |
Vampirefreaks.com |
Gothic and industrial subculture |
000000001999-01-01-00001999 |
7006193104900000000♠1,931,049[323] |
Open to users 13 and over |
7004210520000000000♠21,052[324] |
Viadeo |
Global social networking and campus networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese |
|
7007350000000000000♠35,000,000[325] |
Open |
7002435000000000000♠435[326] |
Virb |
Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers |
000000002007-01-01-00002007 |
|
Open |
7004333710000000000♠33,371[327] |
Vox |
Blogging |
|
|
Open |
7004565580000000000♠56,558[328] |
Wattpad |
For readers and authors to interact and e-book sharing |
|
|
Open |
7003703600000000000♠7,036[329] |
WAYN |
Travel and lifestyle |
000000002003-05-01-0000May 2003 |
7007100000000000000♠10,000,000[330] |
Open to people 18 and older |
7003136700000000000♠1,367[331] |
WeeWorld |
Teenagers - 9 to 17 |
|
7007300000000000000♠30,000,000[332] |
Open to ages 10 and older. |
7004183170000000000♠18,317[333] |
We Heart It |
Image-based social network focused on inspiration, expression and creativity |
000000002008-01-01-00002008 |
7007200000000000000♠20,000,000[334] |
Open |
7002899000000000000♠899[335] |
Wellwer |
Community without borders, where sharing is everything. |
000000002011-09-01-0000September 2011 |
|
Open to people 13 years and older |
7005370755000000000♠370,755[336] |
Wepolls.com |
Social polling network |
|
|
Open |
7006120437600000000♠1,204,376[337] |
Wer-kennt-wen |
General |
|
|
General |
7003214700000000000♠2,147[338] |
weRead |
Books |
000000002007-06-01-0000June 2007 |
7006400000000000000♠4,000,000 |
Open |
7005305720000000000♠305,720[339] |
Wiser.org |
Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[340] |
000000002007-04-01-0000April 2007 |
7004716000000000000♠71,600[341] |
Open to people 16 and older |
7005239901000000000♠239,901[342] |
Wooxie |
Blogging and micro-blogging |
|
|
Open |
7005111538000000000♠111,538[343] |
WriteAPrisoner.com |
Site networking inmates, friends, family |
000000002000-09-01-0000September 2000 |
7004660000000000000♠66,000[344] |
Open to people 18 years and older |
7005228915000000000♠228,915[345] |
Xanga |
Blogs and "metro" areas |
000000001998-01-01-00001998 |
7007270000000000000♠27,000,000[346] |
Open |
7003394300000000000♠3,943[347] |
XING |
Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)) |
|
7007111000000000000♠11,100,000[348] |
Open |
7002270000000000000♠270[349] |
Xt3 |
Catholic social networking, created for World Youth Day 2008 |
|
|
Open |
7005712292000000000♠712,292[350] |
Yammer |
Social networking for office colleagues |
000000002008-01-01-00002008 |
|
Must have company email |
7003362200000000000♠3,622[351] |
Yelp, Inc. |
Local business review and talk |
|
|
Open |
7002186000000000000♠186[352] |
Yookos |
General: photos, videos, blogs, games. |
|
|
Open |
7004534980000000000♠53,498[353] |
Zoo.gr |
Greek web meeting point |
000000002004-01-01-00002004 |
7005890000000000000♠890,000[354] |
Open |
7004345770000000000♠34,577[355] |
Zooppa |
Online community for creative talent (host of brand sponsored advertising contests) |
|
7004600000000000000♠60,000[356] |
Open to people 14 and older[357] |
7004363730000000000♠36,373[358] |